What does NED mean????

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cahjah75
cahjah75 Member Posts: 2,631
edited March 2014 in Breast Cancer #1
I don't mean to sound stupid, but what does NED mean????
Char

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  • roseann4
    roseann4 Member Posts: 992 Member
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    No Evidence of Disease
    None of our docs will say "you are cured" so when the tests are negative they say "No evidence of disease".

    Roseann
  • cahjah75
    cahjah75 Member Posts: 2,631
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    roseann4 said:

    No Evidence of Disease
    None of our docs will say "you are cured" so when the tests are negative they say "No evidence of disease".

    Roseann

    THANKS!
    I'll have to remember that one. I do know that drs don't say you're cured so Thanks for answering what NED means :-)
    Char
  • TraciInLA
    TraciInLA Member Posts: 1,994 Member
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    cahjah75 said:

    THANKS!
    I'll have to remember that one. I do know that drs don't say you're cured so Thanks for answering what NED means :-)
    Char

    If only they would all get together and use the same terms...
    In case you hear other terms, Char -- NED is very common, but some of our doctors just have to be different:

    My radiologist uses No Evidence of Recurrent Tumor (NERT), and I've also seen other women here mention NSF, which I think is No Significant Findings, and No Evidence of Residual Disease (NERD).

    But -- by any name -- it's ALL good!

    Traci
  • reeseslover1234
    reeseslover1234 Member Posts: 87
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    NED?
    If you hadn't asked, I was going to! Thanks!!!
  • carkris
    carkris Member Posts: 4,553 Member
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    reeseslover1234 said:

    NED?
    If you hadn't asked, I was going to! Thanks!!!

    and remember to have Ned is
    and remember to have Ned is termed "dancing with Ned" and we all like a turn to we have to share. he gets around.
  • lynn1950
    lynn1950 Member Posts: 2,570
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    TraciInLA said:

    If only they would all get together and use the same terms...
    In case you hear other terms, Char -- NED is very common, but some of our doctors just have to be different:

    My radiologist uses No Evidence of Recurrent Tumor (NERT), and I've also seen other women here mention NSF, which I think is No Significant Findings, and No Evidence of Residual Disease (NERD).

    But -- by any name -- it's ALL good!

    Traci

    Ooh! I love NERD. I'm
    Ooh! I love NERD. I'm telling my docs. Thanks, Traci. xoxoxoxo Lynn
  • aysemari
    aysemari Member Posts: 1,596 Member
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    Simple
    it means pure BLISS!!!

    Ayse

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